Belgium | 60 min

The Illusion of Abundance

John Burton Conservation Award: Films about Conservationists

Carolina, Bertha and Maxima are hunting down some misbehaving corporations in the EU or the USA. Despite a deeply unbalanced game, these three women share a common goal: they are leading today's fight against modern conquistadors.

Whereas governments and corporations, trapped in a global race towards unlimited growth, need to get the cheapest raw materials, Bertha, Carolina and Maxima tell us a story of tireless courage: how to keep fighting to protect nature when your life is at risk? When police repression, corporate harassment, injuries or even death threats are part of your daily routine?

THE ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE is not only a film about those who pay the high price of ‘development’ and ‘progress’, it is above all a film about the globalization of their environmental resistance and their conviction to hunt down misbehaving transnational corporations, wherever they hide.

Credits and Cast

Directors: Erika Gonzalez Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert

Photography: Matthieu Lietaert

Sound recording: Erika Gonzalez Ramirez

Editor and scriptwriter: Jan De Coster

Music Composition: Norbert Pflanzer

Sound design, Sound editing: Charo Clavo

 

Matthieu Lietaert, Erika Gonzalez Ramirez

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